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10In section 123 (nullity) (which shall become subsection (1) of that section)—
(a)the word “or”, which occurs immediately after paragraph (a), shall be repealed;
(b)the word “validly” in paragraph (b) shall be repealed;
(c)at the end of paragraph (b) there shall be inserted “, or
(c)at the time of registration one of them who was capable of consenting to the formation of the civil partnership purported to give consent but did so by reason only of duress or error.”; and
(d)at the end, there shall be added—
“(2)In this section “error” means—
(a)error as to the nature of civil partnership, or
(b)a mistaken belief held by a person (“A”) that the other person with whom A purported to register a civil partnership was the person with whom A had agreed to register a civil partnership.”.
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